1. Grace Bible Church Glorifying God by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

2. Introduction
Pick up audio or text of:
The Reliability of the Bible;
The Purpose of the Bible;
The Nature & Attributes of God –
GraceBibleNY.org
or from
Pastor Harris

3. The Book of Genesis
Attacked by non-Christians because they don’t like its implications
Attacked by Christians because they are either ignorant or false

4. The Book of Genesis
Written by Moses to show Israel its origin in God’s sovereign establishment of a promised & chosen seed.

5. The Book of Genesis – Reveals:
Fundamental nature of God
Origin of heavens, earth and all in them
Reality & methodology of Satan
Promise of Redemption
The antediluvian world & the Flood
Covenants with Noah, Abraham & descendents

6. The Book of Genesis – Answers:
Origin of death? Length of life?
Extent of the Flood? Origin of Rainbow?
Proper punishment for murder?
Are aboriginal cultures “primitive”?
First musician & instruments?
Which came first? Stone, bronze or iron tools?
What is the oldest profession?

7. How long is a “day” in the Creation?
Which is Older?
A Tyrannosaurus Rex or a chicken
A whale or a Stegosaurus?
A dragonfly or an eagle?
A Sequoia Redwood or the Moon?
How long is a “day” in the Creation?

8. Genesis 1 Overview
Day Vs. Action
1 1-5 Heavens & Earth; Light; Divided light & Darkness
2 6-8 Expanse between waters
Seas; Dry land; Vegetation, seed plants, fruit trees
Sun, Moon & stars, ordered movement

9. Genesis 1 Overview
Day Vs. Action
Water creatures; Birds
Land creatures: cattle, beasts, creeping things; Man made in God’s image & given rule over living things & Earth; Plants given as food for man & animals
7 2:1-3 God rested

10. Genesis 1 Overview
Only literal interpretation through mid 1800’s
Ideas of long geologic ages & evolution pressured reinterpretation of Genesis to match “science”

11. Ten Interpretations of Genesis 1
Literal: A six, 24 hour day creation
Gap / Reconstruction / Re-creation or Pre-world: Original creation destroyed and world re-created. Gap between either Genesis 1:1 & 1:2 or 2:3 & 2:4
Progressive Creation / Evolution: Evolution is helped along by creative acts of God

12. Ten Interpretations of Genesis 1
Day-Age Theory: Each day of Genesis is an undetermined length of time
Theistic Evolution: “God’s method of creation is evolution”
Framework / Day of Revelation: Each day gives an idea of the framework of creation, but not an actual account

13. Ten Interpretations of Genesis 1
Pictorial / Allegorical:
Literary:
Poetical
Mythological
These differ in minor points, but all view Genesis as just a story which is not actual fact

14. Day One – Verses 1-5 In the beginning: In the beginning God:
Denies the eternity of time
In the beginning God:
Denies atheism and polytheism
In the beginning God created:
Denies fatalism / chance
Denies progressive / infinite becoming

15. Day One – Verses 1-5
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth:
Denies pantheism
Denies eternal materialism (basis of evolution)

16. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters Genesis 1:2

17. No time gap suggested in verse 2,
conjunction (waw) connects it to vs. 1
No Biblical or theological reason for an extended period of time for Satan’s fall
“ruined & desolate” is a mistranslation
Reconstruction / Re-creation
Contrary to the text
Have death prior to sin (cf. Rom. 5:12)
No evidence of previous world if recreated or reconstructed

18. God created light. He saw the light was good
God created light. He saw the light was good. He separated light from darkness. He called the light day, He called the darkness night Evening & Morning, one day Genesis 1:3-5

19. Yom = Day. Context determines whether figurative or literal and length of time.
Yom – used figuratively – 65 times used literally – times
Genesis 1:5
Yom / day = period of light
Yom / day = sequence of evening & morning. (Cf. Vs 5, 8, 13, 19, 23 & 31)

20. Day 2 God makes an expanse in the midst of the waters
Day 2 God makes an expanse in the midst of the waters. He separates the waters above and below the expanse He calls the expanse heaven. Genesis 1:6-8

21. Day Two Genesis 1:6-8
See “Starlight in Time” by Dr. D.R. Humphreys
Water molecules are found in space
The water canopy, regardless of its exact nature, would have an effect on the earth’s climate prior to the flood

22. Day Three - Genesis 1:9-13
Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”

23. Day Three Genesis 1:9-13
Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind . .

24. Day Three - Genesis 1:9-13
Summary: God makes the seas, dry land & plants

25. Day 4 God makes the sun for the day and the moon for the night
Day 4 God makes the sun for the day and the moon for the night. He also makes the stars in the sky. Genesis 1:14-19

26. Day 5 – Genesis 1:20-23 God creates all the living creatures of
the sea
God creates all
the flying creatures
of the air

27. Day 6 – Genesis 1:24-31
God creates all the land animals & man

28. Day Six – Genesis 1:24-31
God creates man & woman in His own image to rule over the animals & the earth. He gives man & animals the plants for food

29. Day 7 God rests from all His work
Day 7 God rests from all His work. He blesses the seventh day and makes it holy. Genesis 2:1–3

30. Order of Creation vs. Evolution
Matter is eternal
God is eternal (1)
Sun & stars before Earth
Earth before Sun & stars (1, 14)
Sun: Earth’s 1st light
Light before Sun (3,16)
Sun before plants
Plants before Sun (11,16)
Land before seas
Seas before land (3,10)

31. Order of Creation vs. Evolution
Contiguous Atmosphere & hydrosphere
Atmosphere between two hydrospheres (6,8)
First Life: Marine cells
First life: Land plants (11)
Fish before trees
Trees before fish (11, 20)
Insects & Reptiles before birds
Birds before Insects and Reptiles (20,24)

32. Conclusions
Whales before Stegosaurs
Eagles before dragonflies
Redwoods before the Moon
Chickens before dinosaurs
A “Day” in Genesis 1 is a sequence of light & dark, one rotation of the earth, a 24 hour time period

33. Conclusions
You can either accept or reject God’s revelation in Genesis 1
If you reject it:
You favor the thoughts of those who fit Romans 1:18-23
You accept the mocking of the ungodly – 2 Peter 3:3-7
Your god is small and impotent

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